Interested in becoming an Associated Faculty of SAC?
We welcome all Penn faculty with research interests or work related to South Asia to become associated.
If that sounds like you, please email Associate Director, Aurora Reardanz reardanz@sas.upenn.edu a bit about your research and work in addition to information and a photo for your bio page.
As associated faculty, you will be highlighted on the website, receive our newsletters on events and opportunities, and get chances to collaborate with the center.
Sonal Khullar
Associate Professor, Art History
305 Jaffe Building Read Bio
Brian Daniels
Assistant Professor, Anthropology
Rahul Mukherjee
Associate Professor, English
Fisher-Bennett Hall 243Read Bio
Kathleen Hall
Penn Graduate School of Education
Kashi Gomez
Lecturer in Sanskrit, Department of South Asia Studies
kashig@sas.upenn.eduFriday 1:00 -3:00
Williams Hall 805Read Bio
Asif Agha
Professor, Anthropology
asifagha@sas.upenn.edu215-898-4110
511 University MuseumRead Bio
Daud Ali
Associate Professor and Undergraduate Chair
daudali@sas.upenn.edu215-573-2138
804 Williams HallRead Bio
Santosh Anagol
Assistant Professor, Wharton School of Business
anagol@wharton.upenn.edu215-746-5970
1458 Steinberg DietrichRead Bio
Nikhil Anand
Assistant Professor of Anthropology
339 University MuseumRead Bio
Haimanti Banerjee
Lecturer, Department of South Asia Studies, Bengali Associate Director, Wharton Lauder Institute
Jere R. Behrman
Kenan Professor, Department of Economics
jbehrman@econ.upenn.edu215-898-7704
229 McNeilRead Bio
Aqeel Bhatti
Lecturer, Department of South Asia Studies, Tabla
Sugra Bibi
South Asia Center Outreach Consultant & South Asia Studies Department Research Fellow
Brian T. Cannon
Lecturer, Critical Writing Program
112 McNeil BuildingRead Bio
George Cardona
Professor Emeritus
Dilip Da Cunha
Lecturer, Department of Landscape Architecture, Stuart Weitzman School of Design
Jamal J. Elias
Walter H. Annenberg Professor in the Humanities and Professor of Religious Studies
jjelias@sas.upenn.edu215-898-5838
212 Logan HallRead Bio
Kecia L. Fong
Lecturer, Stuart Weitzman School of Design Editor, Change Over Time
Francine R. Frankel
Professor Emerita, Department of Political Science
Amrit K. Gahunia
Lecturer, Department of South Asia Studies, Punjabi
Surendra Gambhir
Adjunct Associate Professor Emeritus
Srilata Gangulee
Assistant Dean, College of Arts & Sciences Lecturer, Asian American Studies
Ameena Ghaffar-Kucher
Senior Lecturer in Education, Culture and Society Division, Graduate School of Education Associate Director, International Educational Development Program
432 Graduate School of EducationRead Bio
Toorjo Ghose
Associate Professor, School of Social Policy and Practice
toorjo@sp2.upenn.edu215.898.5512
3701 Locust Walk, Caster Building
Philadelphia, PA 19104-6214
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Greg Goulding
Associate Professor, Department of South Asian Studies
ggouldin@sas.upenn.edu215-573-0776
Williams Hall 807Read Bio
Femida Handy
Professor, School of Social Policy and Practice
fhandy@sp2.upenn.edu215-573-2660
D3 Caster BuildingRead Bio
Zehra Hashmi
Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology
Renata Holod
Professor, Department of the History of Art
rholod@sas.upenn.edu215-898-8714
301 Jaffe BuildingRead Bio
Farah Jan
Senior Lecturer, International Relations
Ketaki Jaywant
Assistant Professor, Department of South Asia Studies
809 Williams Hall, 36th and Spruce Streets, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6305Read Bio
Jajwalya Karajgikar
Applied Data Science Librarian
233 Van Pelt-Dietrich Library CenterRead Bio
Firoozeh Kashani-Sabet
Walter H. Annenberg Professor of History & Modern Middle East with a focus on Iran and its borderlands, the Persian Gulf, and the Ottoman Empire
St. Leonard's Court, Room 300.3Read Bio
Suvir Kaul
Professor, Department of English
kaul@english.upenn.edu215-573-2531
304 Fisher-Bennett HallRead Bio
Sara Kazmi
Assistant Professor, Department of English
Fisher-Bennett Hall 241Read Bio
Fariha I. Khan
Associate Director, Asian American Studies Program Lecturer, Asian American Studies
fariha@sas.upenn.edu215-898-1782
166 McNeil BuildingRead Bio
James Kurichi
Lecturer, Department of South Asia Studies, Malayalam
Ania Loomba
Catherine Bryson Professor, Department of English
loomba@english.upenn.edu215-898-6326
242 Fisher-Bennett HallRead Bio
Aurora MacRae-Crerar
Lecturer in Critical Writing, Marks Family Center for Excellence in Writing
Darielle Mason
Adjunct Professor Emeritus Senior Curator of Asian Art Emeritus, Philadelphia Museum of Art
Justin McDaniel
Associate Professor, Department of Religious Studies
jmcdan@sas.upenn.edu215-898-5846
223 Claudia Cohen HallRead Bio
Leland S. McGee
Adjunct Assistant Professor Policy, Organizations, Leadership, and Systems Division Former Inaugural Senior Associate Director, GSE Office of Student Success
Michael M. Meister
W. Norman Brown Professor, Department of History of Art Department of South Asia Studies
mmeister@sas.upenn.edu215-898-3248
201 Jaffe BuildingRead Bio
Mustafa Menai
Lecturer in Foreign Languages (LFL), Hindi and Urdu
mmenai@sas.upenn.edu917-815-7497
813 Williams HallRead Bio
Lynn Meskell
Professor of Anthropology; Professor of Historic Preservation for the School of Design
lmeskell@sas.upenn.edu215-898-7073
427 Penn MuseumRead Bio
Allyn J. Miner
Senior Lecturer, Department of South Asia Studies, Music Emerita
aminer@mail.sas.upenn.edu215-573-9368
810 Williams HallRead Bio
Lisa Mitchell
Professor and Department of South Asia Studies Chair
lmitch@sas.upenn.edu215-898-6047
Williams Hall 801Read Bio
Afsar Mohammad
Senior Lecturer in South Asian Studies, Department of South Asia Studies
mamoha@sas.upenn.edu215-898-8897
Williams Hall 811Read Bio
Kathleen Morrison
Sally and Alvin V. Shoemaker Professor of Anthropology Department Chair
Projit Mukharji
Martin Meyerson Assistant Professor in Interdisciplinary Studies, Department of History of Sociology and Science
mukharji@sas.upenn.edu215-898-8697
Suite 326, Claudia Cohen HallRead Bio
Deven M. Patel
Associate Professor, Department of South Asia Studies
devenp@sas.upenn.edu215-898-8431
Williams HallRead Bio
Ian Petrie
Associate Director, Center for Teaching and Learning
petrie@sas.upenn.edu215-746-7677
Van Pelt-Dietrich Library Center, Rm. 147, 3420 Walnut StreetRead Bio
Josh Pien
Lecturer in Foreign Language, Language Coordinator
jpien@sas.upenn.edu215-898-8438
808 Williams HallRead Bio
Jef Pierce
South Asian Studies Librarian
jfpierce@upenn.edu215-898-7146
555 Van Pelt-Dietrich Library Center Read Bio
Rupa Pillai
Senior Lecturer, Asian American Studies Program
Aswin Punathambekar
Professor of Communication and Director, Center for Advanced Research in Global Communication
Milind Ranade
Lecturer, Department of South Asia Studies, Marathi
Vasu Renganathan
Lecturer, Department of South Asia Studies, Tamil
Megan Eaton Robb
Assistant Professor of South Asian Religions
Cohen HallRead Bio
Rosane Rocher
Professor Emerita
Harold F. Schiffman
Professor Emeritus
Tahseen Shams
Assistant Professor of Sociology
Sudev Sheth
Senior Lecturer at the Lauder Institute
Rudra Sil
Professor, Department of Political Science
rudysil@sas.upenn.edu215-898-7661
236 Stiteler HallRead Bio
Harbir Singh
Mack Professor, Wharton School of Business
Davesh Soneji
Associate Professor of South Asia Studies Graduate Chair
Williams Hall Room 815Read Bio
Franklin Southworth
Professor Emeritus
Brian Spooner
Professor, Department of Anthropology
spooner@sas.upenn.edu215-898-5207
508 University MuseumRead Bio
Ramya Sreenivasan
Associate Professor and Chair of Undergraduate Studies, Department of History
College Hall 308ARead Bio
Vijayalakshmi K. Swaminathan
Lecturer, Department of South Asia Studies, Kannada
Tariq Thachil
Director, Center for the Advanced Study in India Professor of Political Science at Penn, and the Madan Lal Sobti Professor for the Study of Contemporary India
Amrit Thapa
Senior Lecturer Policy, Organizations, Leadership, and Systems Division --Graduate School of Education
Dan Wagner
Professor, Graduate School of Education